RFC 3211 (rfc3211) - Page 1 of 17
Password-based Encryption for CMS
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Network Working Group P. Gutmann
Request for Comments: 3211 University of Auckland
Category: Standards Track December 2001
Password-based Encryption for CMS
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
Copyright Notice
Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001). All Rights Reserved.
Abstract
This document provides a method of encrypting data using user-
supplied passwords and, by extension, any form of variable-length
keying material which is not necessarily an algorithm-specific
fixed-format key. The Cryptographic Message Syntax data format does
not currently contain any provisions for password-based data
encryption.
1. Introduction
This document describes a password-based content encryption mechanism
for CMS. This is implemented as a new RecipientInfo type and is an
extension to the RecipientInfo types currently defined in RFC 2630.
The format of the messages are described in ASN.1 [ASN1].
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT",
"RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be
interpreted as described in RFC 2119.
Gutmann Standards Track